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Anna Nagurney, Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies and director of the Virtual Center for Supernetworks in Isenberg’s Department of Operations and Information Management, delivered a presentation during “Supply Chain Vulnerabilities and the Need for Diversification,” a virtual global seminar held July 29.

The seminar was hosted by The Democracy Forum, a London-based not-for-profit NGO that promotes the ideals of democracy, pluralism and tolerance through public debate.

Former BBC Asia correspondent Humphrey Hawksley chaired the seminar, which also included operations and supply chain management experts ManMohan S. Sodhi, professor at the Bayes Business School, City St. George’s, University of London; Ruth Dearnley, CEO of Stop the Traffik; and Mark Goh, professor at the NUS Business School and director of industry research at The Logistics Institute Asia-Pacific, National University of Singapore.

Nagurney provided the first presentation, which was followed by a brief discussion with Hawksley, and then participated in a roundtable discussion at the end of the event.

The complete seminar can be viewed below and on The Democracy Network’s YouTube channel.